We seek to not only listen to diverse opinions but also to represent this with balance in our governance structure. Representatives from the private and public sector—including academia, NGO’s, and the industry — serve on the ASC Supervisory Board and we aim to maintain an equal balance always.
The ASC also convenes a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) that guides both the ASC Supervisory Board. The group focuses on technical matters related to the ASC programme such as the farm standards, chain of custody and certification and accreditation requirements. Members are selected for their technical expertise and, as before, a balance of industry and non-industry representatives are sought.
The minutes of Older Technical Advisory Group (TAG) meetings are available here.
Technical Working Groups
Technical Working Groups and Ad-hoc advisory groups will also be convened from time to time to ensure the ASC has formal guidance from technical experts from across ASC’s stakeholders for specific standards or process updates. Currently, the ASC has several Technical Working Groups working to develop revised requirements for Principle 2 of the aligned ASC Farm Standard. A Steering Committee for Feed Standard Development is still operational as this standard moves towards operationalisation. Membership lists are available below:
Benthic Impacts Revision
TWG ToR Benthic Impact Revision
TWG Member List Benthic Impacts Revision & Ad-Hoc Group
Farm Standard – P2 Antibiotics and other Veterinary Drugs
TWG Member List Farm Standard – P2 Antibiotics and other Veterinary Drugs
Feed CAR
TWG ToR Feed CAR Due Diligence 2020
TWG ToR Feed CAR Mass Balance 2020
TWG Member List Feed CAR
Fish Welfare
TWG ToR Fish Welfare
Mangroves and other Wetlands
TWG Member List Mangroves and other Wetlands
Salmon Standard Review
TWG ToR Salmon Standard Review – Sea Lice
TWG Member List Salmon Standard Review – Sea Lice
Water Quality
TWG ToR Water Quality
TWG Member List Water Quality
Archive
Advisory Group ToR Risk Management Framework
Advisory Group of Experts Member List Risk Management Framework
The ASC Supervisory Board
Two new industry representatives are being recruited.
representatives
Øyvind Oaland
Mowi Global Director for Research and Development
Scott Nichols (chair)
CEO & Founder, Food's Future
José Villalon
Corporate Sustainability Director, Nutreco
representatives
Richard Holland
Director of Operations and Network Development at Wetlands International
Katrina Nakamura
founder, Sustainability Incubator
Ha Do Thuy
Hand in Hand Sweden
Merrielle Macleod
Manager on the WWF-US Aquaculture team, Aquaculture, World Wildlife Fund
Technical Advisory Group
representatives
Petter Arnesen (chair)
The Norwegian Federation of Industries
Neil Sims
Kampachi Farms
representatives
Dane Klinger
Conservation International
Rochelle Zaid
Social Accountability International
representatives
Peter Cook
University of Western Australia
Halley Froelich
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) [USA]
Kevan Main
Mote Marine Laboratory
Crawford Revie
University of Strathclyde
Peter Tydemers
Dalhousie University
Claudia Venegas
VESO Chile
Wei Wei You
Xiamen University
representatives (non-voting)
Paul Macintyre
Lloyds Register
Steering Committee - Feed Standard Development
representatives
Trygve Berg-Lea
Skretting Group
Eduardo Goycoolea
Blumar Seafoods/GSI Partner
Vidar Gundersen
Biomar
Tor Eirik Homme
Grieg Seafood/GSI Partner
Andrew Jackson
IFFO
Dave Robb
Cargill
Liu Yi-Sung
Grobest Vietnam
Pichaiyut Tachapong
CP Thailand
representatives
Dawn Purchase
Marine Conservation Society
Blake Lee-Harwood
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership
Henk Peters
Oxfam Novib
Merrielle Macleod
Manager on the WWF-US Aquaculture team, Aquaculture, World Wildlife Fund